Alleged police brutality victim gets 1-3 years for break-in

HAMPTON — An alleged victim of Seabrook police brutality was sentenced recently to one to three years in state prison for breaking into a Hampton townhouse last summer.

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By Kyle Stucker

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By Kyle Stucker

Posted Jun. 18, 2014 at 1:22 PM
Updated Jun 18, 2014 at 1:25 PM

By Kyle Stucker

Posted Jun. 18, 2014 at 1:22 PM
Updated Jun 18, 2014 at 1:25 PM

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HAMPTON — An alleged victim of Seabrook police brutality was sentenced recently to one to three years in state prison for breaking into a Hampton townhouse last summer.

Michael Bergeron Jr., 23, of Seabrook, was sentenced June 9 in Rockingham Superior Court on a Class B felony burglary charge for breaking into a Dunvegan Woods condominium and stealing two laptops on Aug. 13.

A jury found Bergeron, who was accompanied by another man, guilty of the offense in April.

Bergeron has been incarcerated since he was found guilty in April of an unrelated misdemeanor simple assault. Bergeron was sentenced to 12 months in prison for the simple assault, and he received credit for 54 days served in jail as part of his burglary sentence.

Bergeron was also ordered to under drug and alcohol treatment and counseling as part of his burglary sentence.

The sentences have no bearing on the police brutality case that began after Bergeron posted a Nov. 11, 2009, Seabrook Police Department surveillance video on YouTube on Jan. 6, and he is expected to appear in court as a victim in that case as it moves forward.

Bergeron was 19 when he was taken into custody as a driving while intoxicated suspect on Nov. 11, 2009. The video depicts multiple officers leading Bergeron down the hall of the station before one of the officers — identified by local and state authorities as Officer Mark Richardson — slams Bergeron head-first into the wall of the cell block.

Richardson was indicted in April on one count of simple assault by an on-duty police officer in connection to the ongoing case. The town of Seabrook placed Richardson on unpaid administrative leave after his indictment.